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Job 21:21
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For what does he care about his family once he is dead,when the number of his months has run out?
For what does he care for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
For what do they care for their houses after them, when the number of their months is cut off?
They do not care about the families they leave behind when their lives have come to an end.
For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?
"For what pleasure does he have in his house and family after he is dead, When the number of his months [of life] is cut off?
"For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is at an end?
For what does he care for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?
For what desire does he have for his household after him,When the number of his months is cut off?
For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?
Because after they are dead, they won't care what happens to their children."
What joy can they have in their family after them, given that their months are numbered?
For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
When their life is finished and they are dead, they will not care about the family they leave behind.
For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when a portion of his years shall be reserved for his posterity?
When our lives are over, do we really care whether our children are happy?
for what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?
For what is his delight in his house after him, and his number of months is cut off.
For whath careth he, what become of his housholde after his death? whose monethes passe awaye swifter then an arowe.
For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his moneths is cut off in the middest?
For what careth he for his house after his death, when the number of his monethes is cut short?
For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off.
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
For whi what perteyneth it to hym of his hows aftir hym, thouy the noumbre of his monethis be half takun awey?
For what does he care for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half?
For what does he care for his house and family after he is dead, when the number of his months is over?
For what do they care for their household after them, when the number of their months is cut off?
For what shall be his pleasure in his house after him, when, the number of his months, is cut in twain?
For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?
For what do they care for their houses after them, when the number of their months is cut off?
For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?
"For what does he care for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
For what: Job 14:21, Ecclesiastes 2:18, Ecclesiastes 2:19, Luke 16:27, Luke 16:28
the number: Job 14:5, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 102:24
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 21:7 - General Psalms 17:14 - leave Psalms 102:23 - shortened Romans 5:1 - we have
Cross-References
And Abraham named their son Isaac.
Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.
And Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.
So the Israelites set out from the wilderness of Sinai and traveled on from place to place until the cloud stopped in the wilderness of Paran.
Then they left Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He sent out twelve men, all tribal leaders of Israel, from their camp in the wilderness of Paran.
to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.
When he returned home, he told his father and mother, "A young Philistine woman in Timnah caught my eye. I want to marry her. Get her for me."
Now Samuel died, and all Israel gathered for his funeral. They buried him at his house in Ramah. Then David moved down to the wilderness of Maon.
So the person who marries his fiancée does well, and the person who doesn't marry does even better.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For what pleasure [hath] he in his house after him,.... As, on the one hand, the prosperity of his children after his decease gives him no pleasure and delight, so, on the other hand, the calamities and distresses of his family for his sins and theirs give him no pain or uneasiness; he knows nothing that befalls them, and it is no part of his concern; and let what will befall them, he cares not for it; he feels it not, he is not sensible of it; and therefore to object that signifies nothing; see Job 14:21; or, "what business has he with his house after death?" the affairs d of his family do not at all concern him, one way or another; he is not affected with them; he can neither consider their happiness as a blessing nor their calamities as a punishment to him:
when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? the years, the months, and the days of the lives of men, are numbered and determined by the Lord, Job 14:5; which, when finished, the thread of life is cut off in the midst, from the rest of the months, which a man or his friends might have expected he would have lived; or rather, "when his number of the months is fully up" e; when the calculation of them is complete, and the full number of them is perfected; the sense is, what cares a wicked man for what befalls his family after his death, when he has lived out the full term of life in great outward happiness and prosperity; has lived to be full of days, of months, and years, to a full age, even to an age that may be truly called old age?
d So Schultens. e חצצו "integro numero calculis ducti sunt", Cocceius; "cumulatam sortem habuerint", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For what pleasure hath he ... - That is, what happiness shall he have in his family? This, it seems to me, is designed to be a reference to their sentiments, or a statement by Job of what “they” maintained. They held, that a man who was wicked, could have none of the comfort which he anticipated in his children, for he would himself be cut off in the midst of life, and taken away.
When the number of his months is cut off in the midst? - When his “life” is cut off - the word “months” here being used in the sense of “life,” or “years.” This they had maintained, that a wicked man would be punished, by being cut off in the midst of his way; compare Job 14:21.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 21:21. For what pleasure hath he in his house after him — What may happen to his posterity he neither knows nor cares for, as he is now numbered with the dead, and numbered with them before he had lived out half his years. Some have translated the verse thus: "Behold how speedily God destroys the house of the wicked after him! How he shortens the number of his months!"
